Tuesday, June 1, 2021

Carringers in the News -- J. Raymond Carringer Dies in 1966 in Florida

 It's time for another edition of "Carringers in the News" - a weekly feature from the historical newspapers about persons with the surname Carringer (my mother's maiden surname) that are interesting, useful, mysterious, fun, macabre, or add information to my family tree database.

This week's entry is from The Palm Beach Post [West Palm Beach, Fla.] newspaper dated 6 January 1966:

The transcription of the article is:

"J. RAYMOND CARRINGER

"Mr. J. Raymond Carringer, 79, of 55 High St., Summit, N.J., a winter visitor at the Breakers Hotel, Palm Beach, died today at St. Mary's Hospital.

"Mr. Raymond was a retired vice-president of Standard Oil Company of New Jersey.

"Survivors include his widow, Marguerite; a son, Donald of Franklin Park, N.J., and a daughter, Mrs. Virginia Pfaff of New York City.

"Requiem Mass will be at 10 a.m. Friday at St. Edward's Catholic Church, Palm Beach,.  Friends may call from 7 to 9 p.m. today at the Kemper-Vogel Funeral Home.  Friends who ish may donate to the Heart Fund."


The source citation is:

"J. Raymond Carringer" The Palm Beach Post [West Palm Beach, Fla.] newspaper, obituary, Thursday, 6 January 1966, page 47, column 3, J. Raymond Carringer obituary notice;  Newspapers.com   (https://www.newspapers.com : accessed 31 May 2021).

This obituary provides a death date and place, an age, the names of his wife and children, and some information about his occupation or associations.

James Raymond Carringer (1886-1966) was born 13 December 1886 in Olean, New York to Wilbert H. and Mary M. (Lundy) Carringer.  He married (1) on 3 July 1909 to Roberta Loughlin (1888-1958) in St. Louis, Missouri.  They had two children:

*  Mary Virginia Carringer (1910-1977), married 1930 John Joseph Pfaff (1910-1975).
*  James Raymond Carringer (1917-1943).

He married (2) on 20 September 1932 to Margaret J. Hauck (1901-1974) in Allentown, Pennsylvania.  They had one child:

*  Donald Wilbert Carringer (1936-2005), married 1959 Nancy Ann Beekman (1938-????).

I am a second cousin twice removed to  James Raymond Carringer.  Our common ancestors are my 3rd great-grandparents Henry Carringer (1800-1879) and Sarah Feather (1804-1848). 

There are hundreds of Carringer "stories" in my family tree - and this was one of them.   Life happens, accidentally and intentionally, and sometimes a person works in industry and dies away from home.  I am glad that I can honor James Raymond Carringer today.  

You never know when a descendant or relative will find this blog post and learn something about their ancestors or relatives, or will provide more information about them to me.

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Disclosure:  I have a complimentary subscription to Newspapers.com and have used it extensively to find articles about my ancestral and one-name families.


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